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. , a house hearing on islamic extremism in chechnya. during a white house photo op 's kingorgian -- jordan abdullah, president obama discussed the civil war and other issues pretty searing government has used chemical weapons in the two-year civil war prepress and obama called the findings game changer. he said the investigation continues. this is about 10 minutes. [no audio] i want to welcome to the oval office once again king abdullah. his majesty is a great friend of the united states. jordan is a great partner to the united states on a host of issues. although we have recently seen each other, want to thank his majesty for the extraordinary hospitality he showed during our visit. there remain a host of issues in the region we will have a opportunity to discuss. first of all, i want to congratulate his majesty on syria -- the serious issue inside of jordan. we have been supportive with respect to long guarantees and other efforts in part because we have also seen the abdulla take some very important steps to further open democracy an
. , a house hearing on islamic extremism in chechnya. during a white house photo op 's kingorgian -- jordan abdullah, president obama discussed the civil war and other issues pretty searing government has used chemical weapons in the two-year civil war prepress and obama called the findings game changer. he said the investigation continues. this is about 10 minutes. [no audio] i want to welcome to the oval office once again king abdullah. his majesty is a great friend of the united states....
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there are reports of chechnya's fighting in afghanistan and chechnya and the networks in europe. a qaeda has made recruitment priority and they were thought to have been trained in pakistan. the appearance of chechen fighters assad of the northern caucuses is ominous. the original uprising against russia was secular and nationalist. within this context there would be no motive for chechnya and exiles to attach united states. especially after we have given them sanctuary. obviously some chechnya's have had their world view radicalized, as was the case with the two boston terrorists who turned from young people being raised here into a jihadist mentality of global war against ininfidels. why is it happening? what outside forces have saw to transform the northern caucuses in central asia into a region of muslim extremism that did not exist before. in particular, what impact the -- does arabia play saudi arabia play and other islamic countries? greater cooperation with russia and the governments of central explored in order to properly understand and respond this emerging threat. thi
there are reports of chechnya's fighting in afghanistan and chechnya and the networks in europe. a qaeda has made recruitment priority and they were thought to have been trained in pakistan. the appearance of chechen fighters assad of the northern caucuses is ominous. the original uprising against russia was secular and nationalist. within this context there would be no motive for chechnya and exiles to attach united states. especially after we have given them sanctuary. obviously some...
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he was asked pointedly did he talk about the war in chechnya, did he talk about his beliefs on islam and he said no, he did not. so according to this gentleman, these discussions were very innocuous, just about family and friends and things like that. he met him about seven years ago at a gathering of the chechnyan society of boston. that is what we know at this point. this gentleman's involvement with tamerlan tsarnaev, at least at its surface was fairly innocuous but that chechnyan connection apparently drew federal agents here in the first place. >> according to that voice of america support, tamerlan's widow was with her husband on the most recent visit to this guy so again, it raises questions about what she knew about her husband's activities. >> reporter: absolutely it raises those questions, anderson. it raises those questions in relation to how they knew to come here. could she have been the one who told them to maybe come and take a look at this guy. not clear at all. there's no indication necessarily that she did that but it's a possibility. so yes, according to that repor
he was asked pointedly did he talk about the war in chechnya, did he talk about his beliefs on islam and he said no, he did not. so according to this gentleman, these discussions were very innocuous, just about family and friends and things like that. he met him about seven years ago at a gathering of the chechnyan society of boston. that is what we know at this point. this gentleman's involvement with tamerlan tsarnaev, at least at its surface was fairly innocuous but that chechnyan connection...
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nd wanw he and tamerlan were in touch on social media and were in dagestan and chechnya in and around the same time. the second is another individual named mahmood nidal. he is another person fighting against the russian regime there. he is killed in a hostage situation after tossing out a hand grenade after releasing the hostages and the f.b.i. is look at tamerlan's trip as is that a place where he was radicalized or is that a place he said it's sto rough over here with people getting killed. i'm going back to america and try something on home turf. >> pelley: a lot of leads to follow. john, thanks very much. lee boston case led the ch.artment of homeland security to make a change today. it turns out one of the men accused of hiding evidence in he bombings was allowed to return to the united states from kazakhstan in january, even isough his student visa had been terminated. so border agents have now been ordered to make sure that every international student arriving tn the u.s. has a valid student visa. ng at lean the soot off of painting at the vatican and made a surprising discove
nd wanw he and tamerlan were in touch on social media and were in dagestan and chechnya in and around the same time. the second is another individual named mahmood nidal. he is another person fighting against the russian regime there. he is killed in a hostage situation after tossing out a hand grenade after releasing the hostages and the f.b.i. is look at tamerlan's trip as is that a place where he was radicalized or is that a place he said it's sto rough over here with people getting killed....
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the west sometimes in their sights as they train and recruit in the words chechnya wars began a cycle of violence that doesn't stop, just spreads. >> the white house correspondents dinner is toni t tonight. it's usually a fun and festive affair. in light of what's happened in boston, will it be the same? will the president joke about things? wi what we'll be right back. (train horn) vo: wherever our trains go, the economy comes to life. norfolk southern. one line, infinite possibilities. we make meeting times, lunch times and conference times. but what we'd rather be making are tee times. tee times are the official start of what we love to do. the time for shots we'd rather forget, and the ones we'll talk about forever. in michigan long days, relaxing weather and more than 800 pristine courses make for the perfect tee time. because being able to play all day is pure michigan. your trip begins at michigan.org. but i wondered what a customer thought? describe the first time you met. you brought the flex in... as soon as i met fiona and i was describing the problem we were having with ou
the west sometimes in their sights as they train and recruit in the words chechnya wars began a cycle of violence that doesn't stop, just spreads. >> the white house correspondents dinner is toni t tonight. it's usually a fun and festive affair. in light of what's happened in boston, will it be the same? will the president joke about things? wi what we'll be right back. (train horn) vo: wherever our trains go, the economy comes to life. norfolk southern. one line, infinite possibilities....
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in july a chechnya leader called for more terrorist attacks and use maximum force to stop the games. susan mcginnis, cbs news, washington. >> the two explosive devices were similar indicating that the attacks on the bus and the train station are connected. so far no group has claimed responsibility. >>> a russian ship is trapped in ice off antarctica and once again susan mcginnis tells us more than 70 people on board may soon be getting a break. >> reporter: a helicopter from the chinese ice breaker snow dragon flew over the stranded ship to get a closer look at the problem in frigid antarctica. >> check out the water to see how far the sea ice is. >> reporter: weather experts say the thick ice that trapped the research ship since christmas eve is beginning to crack by itself. and more help is expected soon from an australian ice breaker. the aurora aust ralis is more powerful. >> we'll see what may happen. >> reporter: while the rescue effort unholds 74 scientists, tourists and crew have been making the best of it. some have been sending video diaries back home over the internet to
in july a chechnya leader called for more terrorist attacks and use maximum force to stop the games. susan mcginnis, cbs news, washington. >> the two explosive devices were similar indicating that the attacks on the bus and the train station are connected. so far no group has claimed responsibility. >>> a russian ship is trapped in ice off antarctica and once again susan mcginnis tells us more than 70 people on board may soon be getting a break. >> reporter: a helicopter...
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themselves al-qaeda, but i think they're using the al-qaeda brand to recruit, to bring in people from chechnya, fighters, jihadist fighters, libya, elsewhere. al-qaeda, when we think of al-qaeda, it's bin ladennism. that trend is really on the dehe cline. we have to look at al-qaeda really as a group of local maxes, all focused on the politics and environment of the countries they are operating. i see zawahri having no influence on what is going on in syria at all. >> actually, i agree. we he look at what he has actually said. his influence is far more in egypt than syria. he's from egypt himself. when you look at the recent arab spring and realize what has happened there, that influence is there because he has that personal connection, but there is no more command and control, and that has been one of the things that the west has been effective in lopping off. that doesn't mean they're gone, it just means it's not being directed from elsewhere. >> there's been al shabab recruiting in minnesota. there's been videos about the so-called martyrs, the path to paradise. here's one of the comments f
themselves al-qaeda, but i think they're using the al-qaeda brand to recruit, to bring in people from chechnya, fighters, jihadist fighters, libya, elsewhere. al-qaeda, when we think of al-qaeda, it's bin ladennism. that trend is really on the dehe cline. we have to look at al-qaeda really as a group of local maxes, all focused on the politics and environment of the countries they are operating. i see zawahri having no influence on what is going on in syria at all. >> actually, i agree....
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sources tell cnn they came from the same region of chechnya. both men were in mixed martial arts in a studio in boston and on a mixed martial arts website. tamerlan tsarnaev's phone number was found in tosashev's cell. earlier this month he was charged with batly after getting in a fight over a parking space at a local mall. while it appears todashev was a violent man, his connection to the boston suspects may go no further than a murder case and friendship. todashev had bought a ticket to go to russia on may 27th. the fbi had known about that and told him, don't get on that flight. >> what an odd turn in all this. john zarrella, thanks. >>> developing right now, a humongous sell-off of stocks in foreign markets and it will have an effect on you. i'll tell you what's driving the sell-off and what will happen to your 401(k) today. n, there's fusion proglide. our micro thin blades are thinner than a surgeon's scalpel for our gentlest shave. switch to fusion proglide. gillette. the best a man can get. switch to f[growl]roglide. we used to live wit
sources tell cnn they came from the same region of chechnya. both men were in mixed martial arts in a studio in boston and on a mixed martial arts website. tamerlan tsarnaev's phone number was found in tosashev's cell. earlier this month he was charged with batly after getting in a fight over a parking space at a local mall. while it appears todashev was a violent man, his connection to the boston suspects may go no further than a murder case and friendship. todashev had bought a ticket to go...
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have not named a suspect, but likely, it's a chechen field commander who has made a career to break chechnya away from russia to form it's own islamic state. he called for new violence and called a moratorium on attacks inside of russia. in just a moment, we'll have john terry with more on these attacks in russia. >> awarded to the city of soch. >> the fears that volgograd could disrupt the games. sochi is 400 miles from volgograd. the site is near the troubled north region, and within that, the so-called chechen conflict is a decade-long battle between the russian authorities and soviates and national and islamic forces. the hallmark is the separatist attacks. 400 people died, including 200 children. carried out by chechen separatists, but suck ways and airports have been bombed too, and the leader of the fighters has called for a tax to increase in russia, including on the gangs. the latest bombings are a pr disaster for president putin, who has a huge stake in making the games a display on how far russia has come from the fall of the soviet empire. sochi and other key cities will be seale
have not named a suspect, but likely, it's a chechen field commander who has made a career to break chechnya away from russia to form it's own islamic state. he called for new violence and called a moratorium on attacks inside of russia. in just a moment, we'll have john terry with more on these attacks in russia. >> awarded to the city of soch. >> the fears that volgograd could disrupt the games. sochi is 400 miles from volgograd. the site is near the troubled north region, and...
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chechnya was invaded under putin's order of anti terrorism. the conflict that followed lasted nine years. 50,000 civilians died, along with 5,000 russians. in 2001, a pro moscow radio regime was installed. the conflict officially declared over. but separatist groups spread through the northern caucuses, a region that is still the center of an islamist insurgency. >> there is a pattern emerging, that is before certain large federal events and certainly the sochi olympics is the biggest of them all, there have been niece sorts of attacks. i think what they want to do first and foremost is remind the kremlin that they are here and are a force to be reckoned with. >> chechnyaen warlords are reminding they are there. >> moscow is a much more difficult city to penetrate than volgograd. it's close to the caucus us and easier to get into than moscow. moscow. >> security aren't sochi extends 60 miles along the coast and 30 miles inland. traffic is monitored in and out of the city. russians outside that zone may not be getting the same level of protecti
chechnya was invaded under putin's order of anti terrorism. the conflict that followed lasted nine years. 50,000 civilians died, along with 5,000 russians. in 2001, a pro moscow radio regime was installed. the conflict officially declared over. but separatist groups spread through the northern caucuses, a region that is still the center of an islamist insurgency. >> there is a pattern emerging, that is before certain large federal events and certainly the sochi olympics is the biggest of...
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chechnya's leader has weighed in saying she has no plans to offer assistance. he said the tsarnaev brothers got what they deserved. the funeral director in suburban boston said he has gotten burial offers from out of state cemeteries. he would not be specific. robel phillipos, the friend, has been released from federal custody. that is after an outpouring of support from family and friends, phillipos is under strict house arrest allowed to leave his home to meet with lawyers and true emergencies. he has been charged with lying to investigators. >>> an air force officer in charge of preventing sexual assault has been charged with sexual battery. the case now under investigation. and this morning there is outrage from the highest levels at the pentagon. abc's chief investigative correspondent brian ross has more. >> reporter: the arrest comes amid growing concern about top ranks in the military and air force failing to do enough to prevent thousands of alleged rapes and sexual abuse cases over the last few years. >> this is lieutenant colonel jeff crusinski -- >>
chechnya's leader has weighed in saying she has no plans to offer assistance. he said the tsarnaev brothers got what they deserved. the funeral director in suburban boston said he has gotten burial offers from out of state cemeteries. he would not be specific. robel phillipos, the friend, has been released from federal custody. that is after an outpouring of support from family and friends, phillipos is under strict house arrest allowed to leave his home to meet with lawyers and true...
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chechnya on the map here. it has been a place of hot unrest for years now. no claim of responsibility for either attacks in volgograd. i want to bring in kt mcfarland, fox news security analyst to talk about this and concerns they have. let's mace it. russia is getting ready for the winter games for a long time. security concerns out there you but make one clear point. before there was al qaeda, there were militants in russia. >> yeah. for, chechen rebels, the militants, chechen separatists are considered most ruthless violent killers on the planet. that is who this area is. guess where the olympics are? they're right in the middle of the region. that is where the boston bombers came from, for example. these are same affiliated groups that killed children in schools. this is the same group that put two dirty bombs in russia 20 years ago. bill: yeah. russia came out with a statement just an hour ago. i don't know if you agree or disagree with this but they said the terrorists battle they have in their country is no different from any other country be it syria
chechnya on the map here. it has been a place of hot unrest for years now. no claim of responsibility for either attacks in volgograd. i want to bring in kt mcfarland, fox news security analyst to talk about this and concerns they have. let's mace it. russia is getting ready for the winter games for a long time. security concerns out there you but make one clear point. before there was al qaeda, there were militants in russia. >> yeah. for, chechen rebels, the militants, chechen...
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stranger to vladimir putin's russia, stemming from decades of conflict. 1999, the russian army inviteded chechnya, under orders vladimir putin described as an anti-terrorist provision. the conflict that followed lasted nine years. 50,000 civilians died, along with 5,000 russians, in 2001, a pro-moscow regime was installed. the conflict declared over. separatists group spread through the kauk -- caucasus. >> there's a pattern, before the largest events, and sochi olympics is the biggest of them all, there has been these sorts of attacks. what they want to do, first and foremost is remind the kremlin that they are here and a force to be reckoned with. >> doku umarov called on militants to strike russia and prevent them hosting the sochi games. it raises a question whether more attacks will follow, and where. the maximum impact is whether to pull off an attack like this. moscow is more difficult to penetrate. here you have a combination of a city that is sizeable. it's close to the caucuses and easier to get into than moscow. >> perhaps easier than the winter olympics themselves. a security zone ext
stranger to vladimir putin's russia, stemming from decades of conflict. 1999, the russian army inviteded chechnya, under orders vladimir putin described as an anti-terrorist provision. the conflict that followed lasted nine years. 50,000 civilians died, along with 5,000 russians, in 2001, a pro-moscow regime was installed. the conflict declared over. separatists group spread through the kauk -- caucasus. >> there's a pattern, before the largest events, and sochi olympics is the biggest of...
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focus has been this week on the now dead older brother, tamerlan tsarnaev, who had trips back to the chechnya region of the northern caucuses. was interviewed by the fbi people will remember but then seemed to fall off the radar. congressman, where are you critical of intelligence and the fbi's role in this? >> the fbi has done an outstanding job in solving this in the four-day period. having said that i don't think they did a full investigation beforehand. the fact is there were other items in his folder, his file that they found. i think they it continued to give the benefit of the doubt in each instance and, therefore, just closed out that investigation. for instance, they never went to his mosque. never spoke to the imam, to a number of his relatives and, also, there were certain matters in his file that they chose to look the other way on or said there was nothing there. >> what did they look the other way on? >> his name came up in several instances and they said there was nothing there. if you have three independent references to someone possibly having terrorist connections, when do y
focus has been this week on the now dead older brother, tamerlan tsarnaev, who had trips back to the chechnya region of the northern caucuses. was interviewed by the fbi people will remember but then seemed to fall off the radar. congressman, where are you critical of intelligence and the fbi's role in this? >> the fbi has done an outstanding job in solving this in the four-day period. having said that i don't think they did a full investigation beforehand. the fact is there were other...
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chechnya person from be a prominent citizen only one year? talkingke everybody's about the southern border. what about the northern border? the soviet union is connected to alaska through the bering strait. i had an opportunity to be in alaska -- i'm a physician. i know that they found some [indiscernible] and through that waterway. no one talks about that. cannt to know how you become an american citizen in one year. and why are they giving the mexican people such a hard time? all i have seen is very hard working people who are trying to better themselves. i can understand their plight, because of all the unrest in mexico and the south american countries. guest: thanks for calling. the first thing i would say is it is very early. this is a story that has been breaking overnight. there's a lot we don't know yet. immediately in the aftermath of the boston bombings earlier this week there was a lot of information that came out that turned out later not to be true. we will have to wait and see exactly how the story plays out. but that is a conce
chechnya person from be a prominent citizen only one year? talkingke everybody's about the southern border. what about the northern border? the soviet union is connected to alaska through the bering strait. i had an opportunity to be in alaska -- i'm a physician. i know that they found some [indiscernible] and through that waterway. no one talks about that. cannt to know how you become an american citizen in one year. and why are they giving the mexican people such a hard time? all i have seen...
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people say i saw the same thing in iraq and afghanistan and chechnya. that seems to be playing to the card of very experienced. meanwhile, how did they find this 19-year-old? they found him in the back of a boat and he could have been there overnight. finally the boat owner, the man that walked over, wanted to tell the truth about how he really came into finding one of the bombers, here is what he said. he said, i happened to climb my ladder. i didn't expect to see anything when i went up to look at the boat. but i saw blood on the floor of the boat. a good amount of blood. i said, wow. did i cut myself last time? then i took a look there and there is more blood and i looked back and forth and a couple of times and my eyes went to the engine block and there was a body. a body that he says in retrospect, that guy could have been sleeping there all night long and knowing that he's now -- now knowing that he assassinated an officer less than 24 hours prior, he realized, he got very emotional, he could have been killed. >> gretchen: he went back in his hous
people say i saw the same thing in iraq and afghanistan and chechnya. that seems to be playing to the card of very experienced. meanwhile, how did they find this 19-year-old? they found him in the back of a boat and he could have been there overnight. finally the boat owner, the man that walked over, wanted to tell the truth about how he really came into finding one of the bombers, here is what he said. he said, i happened to climb my ladder. i didn't expect to see anything when i went up to...
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several pilots have reported that two individuals responsible for the bombings were immigrants from chechnya. ofore they became the focus the investigation, authorities questioned a saudi student to is on a terrorist watch list. -- who was on a terrorist watch list. i trust you'll probably respond given the impact this could have on the immigration debate. was he on a watch list of? ? >> he was not. was in the wrong place at the wrong time. he was never a subject or a person of interest. he was being interviewed. he was put on a watch list and then when it was determined he had nothing to do with the bombing, the status was removed. >> with regard to the older brother, was your department aware of his travels to russia? if you were not, the reason. >> in 2012? yes. pinged when he was a leading the united states. by the time he returned the matter had been closed. >> is it true that his identity documents and not match his airline ticket? >> there was a mismatch. the bill will help with this. it requires that passports be electronically readable as opposed to be mainly -- manually input. if i
several pilots have reported that two individuals responsible for the bombings were immigrants from chechnya. ofore they became the focus the investigation, authorities questioned a saudi student to is on a terrorist watch list. -- who was on a terrorist watch list. i trust you'll probably respond given the impact this could have on the immigration debate. was he on a watch list of? ? >> he was not. was in the wrong place at the wrong time. he was never a subject or a person of interest....
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came to power and named as prime minister and acting president in 1919, 2000, it was the second war in chechnya that really kind of catapulted his popularity in the minds of russians for being more successful than his predecessor, mr. yeltsin, in the first chechen war. the war is deeply personal thing. he was first to call president george w. bush after 9/11. it was out of this sense that we are in the same fight together. but unfortunately russian government policies both federal and regional, have i think exacerbated the socioeconomic problems in the northern caucuses in close proximity to sochi and the other element being of course the radicalization of islamic individual and groups there. jon: right. this umarov, the guy described as the bin laden of russia, in july i'm told he lifted what had been a moratorium on attacks on civilian targets, basically said, anything is fair game to try to keep the sochi olympics from taking place. >> umarov is a curious guy. he claimed responsibility for major terrorist attacks on the moscow metro years ago, the airport in moscow, the train between moscow
came to power and named as prime minister and acting president in 1919, 2000, it was the second war in chechnya that really kind of catapulted his popularity in the minds of russians for being more successful than his predecessor, mr. yeltsin, in the first chechen war. the war is deeply personal thing. he was first to call president george w. bush after 9/11. it was out of this sense that we are in the same fight together. but unfortunately russian government policies both federal and regional,...
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government has talked about human rights abuses in chechnya. i wondered if you think the event in boston are going to way then any way the government with the human rights in chechnya. >> with respect to the ongoing investigation in boston, i have to reiterate the secretary's comment. it would be inappropriate to make further comment at this time. the situation in the northern caucasus, this is been a part of our human rights reporting on russia since 1995. serious human rights abuses taking place and acts of human rights violations committed by both authorities and militants. concern about guantÁnamo prisoners. would you agree that u.s. is engaged in what the punishment? to theold ourselves same standards by which we assess others. on the issue of guantÁnamo, the president has made clear his commitment to closing guantÁnamo but this has to be done in accordance with u.s. law and a conversation with the congress. i would have to refer you back to statements by the white house on that. [inaudible] >> thank you. but i strongly urge you to come
government has talked about human rights abuses in chechnya. i wondered if you think the event in boston are going to way then any way the government with the human rights in chechnya. >> with respect to the ongoing investigation in boston, i have to reiterate the secretary's comment. it would be inappropriate to make further comment at this time. the situation in the northern caucasus, this is been a part of our human rights reporting on russia since 1995. serious human rights abuses...
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it is not chechnya or muslim or christian or catholic or whenever. it is people that commit acts of terrorism host: colonel randall larsen of the institute of homeland security. -- is on on skarupa our line. caller: what about the parents of the suspect? is understand it came back in 2002 with the family. where is the family? have the authorities contacted the family? will we be seeing the family soon? guest: that is a good question. i was not aware of that. if their parents are here, i'm sure that they have been contacted by law enforcement now. and it is a very good question, were they involved in protecting the people since the attack? i'm sure the law enforcement people are hot on the trail. caller: are you still with us, george? -- host: george, are you still with us? caller: yes, they said that he came back with his father in 2002. host: tell us what you want to know more about the family and why are you making that connection? caller: it is like in the new town tragedy, the young man who did indeed, tcoacd the father and they got the father's
it is not chechnya or muslim or christian or catholic or whenever. it is people that commit acts of terrorism host: colonel randall larsen of the institute of homeland security. -- is on on skarupa our line. caller: what about the parents of the suspect? is understand it came back in 2002 with the family. where is the family? have the authorities contacted the family? will we be seeing the family soon? guest: that is a good question. i was not aware of that. if their parents are here, i'm sure...
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they've been battling insurgents in places like chechnya and dagestan for more than two decades. >> matrix where you have to design a layered security program. >> reporter: the security coordinator for the 2002 olympics in salt lake city, the first games after 9/11. >> we have to have a plan that has both protective measures in it, crisis response measures and then a consequence plan if it has to be initiated. >> reporter: the russian government clearly hopes that the olympic games will improve the country's image. the security measures they've implemented will be some of the tightest ever seen at a sporting event. anthony and norah. >> holly, thank you. >>> and today, people living in north dakota and that community are being told to leave their homes this morning after a fiery train derailment. several tanker cars carrying crude oil exploded on monday sending flames and noxious fumes into the sky. >>> and they're tracking it over the city in casselton, as jamie luke was from wcco reports the access araising concerns about shipping oil by rail. ntsb investigators are on the way. the accid
they've been battling insurgents in places like chechnya and dagestan for more than two decades. >> matrix where you have to design a layered security program. >> reporter: the security coordinator for the 2002 olympics in salt lake city, the first games after 9/11. >> we have to have a plan that has both protective measures in it, crisis response measures and then a consequence plan if it has to be initiated. >> reporter: the russian government clearly hopes that the...
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she is now in chechnya with her husband. how large a reach do authorities have in contacting her at this point? >> interesting here, craig, part of the problem here seems to be a little bit of miscommunication in the past between the russian government and our government over the status of these young men, certainly tamerlan, now we know a little bit about the mom. and so to question her to get any more information, i think we are going to have to work very closely with them and really a test of a kind of a strained relationship and the more we learn, the more we see that perhaps there had been better coordination, perhaps had there been a little more trust, we would have been able to follow up in both directions on his travels there, travels there, what the plot was t all that will be testzed as which try to learn more about the mother. >> you, brian, spoke with a former federal official who concluded in part "preliminary signs indicate law enforcement and intelligence agencies failed to properly scrutinize one of the bosto
she is now in chechnya with her husband. how large a reach do authorities have in contacting her at this point? >> interesting here, craig, part of the problem here seems to be a little bit of miscommunication in the past between the russian government and our government over the status of these young men, certainly tamerlan, now we know a little bit about the mom. and so to question her to get any more information, i think we are going to have to work very closely with them and really a...
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if one of the brothers went to chechnya as we think he did, and was trained by whom or what cells was he told to go back and do this. anytime of your own choosing? will you get a phone call to tell you to do it? was he in touch with other cells may not do something immediately but in three months and at that time people will be killed? i'm absolutely for constitutional questions but it was justice robert jackson who said the constitution is not a suicide pact. to choose not to know is wrong. i want to also raise one other thing and i think senator graham was quite right in this. he says -- hina says there is no war going on. i think that is willful blindness. usama bin laden declared a war on us. muslim brotherhood said a grand jihad is taking place against us. various iranian rulers have said there is a global war against the forces of arrogance, that would be us. and i would submit to you that the tsarnaev brothers assuming everything we know, as well as the fort hood shooter, the woe bee times square bomber, the would-be underwear bomber, they all perceived themselves not as crimin
if one of the brothers went to chechnya as we think he did, and was trained by whom or what cells was he told to go back and do this. anytime of your own choosing? will you get a phone call to tell you to do it? was he in touch with other cells may not do something immediately but in three months and at that time people will be killed? i'm absolutely for constitutional questions but it was justice robert jackson who said the constitution is not a suicide pact. to choose not to know is wrong. i...
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>> well, i would say most of the chechens that have left chechnya are living in western europe. the majority of chechens that have left that war are not like the tsarnaevs. they don't have this type of hatred or hostility towards the west. like the tsarnaevs. this is an anomaly. most chechens really love the united states and have a respect for it but their enemy has always been russia. this is why what happened with the tsarnaevs is very bizarre. jon: that is an interesting question. we know you are both, you know, a scholar on, in this area. also fluent in russian. glen howard from the, from the jamestown foundation. glen, thanks for joining us today. >> thanks for having me. heather: we'll look forward to that one a whole lot more in further segments. jon: a whole lot of questions to be answered there. heather: could today be the day we get a verdict in the sensational murder trial? jury deliberations starting a short time in the jodi arias death penalty case. we'll bring you the decision as soon as we get it. >>> a family suffers a tremendous grief after a father and a refer
>> well, i would say most of the chechens that have left chechnya are living in western europe. the majority of chechens that have left that war are not like the tsarnaevs. they don't have this type of hatred or hostility towards the west. like the tsarnaevs. this is an anomaly. most chechens really love the united states and have a respect for it but their enemy has always been russia. this is why what happened with the tsarnaevs is very bizarre. jon: that is an interesting question. we...
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media outlets have reported that two individuals responsible for the bombings were immigrants from chechnya. before the brothers became the focus of the investigation, authorities questioned a saudi student who was on a terrorist watch ist. i sent a letter to you this questions about the bombers. i trust you'll probably respond given the impact this could have on the immigration debate. was he on a watch list? if so, how did he obtain a student visa? >> he was not on a watch list. what happened was this student was in the wrong place at the wrong time. he was never a subject or a erson of interest. because he was being interviewed, he was at that point being put on a watch list and then when it was quickly determined that he had nothing to do with the bombing, the watch list stats was removed. >> with regard to the older brother, was your department aware of his travels to russia? if you were not, the reason. >> in 2012? yes. the system pinged when he was a leaving the united states. by the time he returned the atter had been closed. >> is it true that his identity documents did not match h
media outlets have reported that two individuals responsible for the bombings were immigrants from chechnya. before the brothers became the focus of the investigation, authorities questioned a saudi student who was on a terrorist watch ist. i sent a letter to you this questions about the bombers. i trust you'll probably respond given the impact this could have on the immigration debate. was he on a watch list? if so, how did he obtain a student visa? >> he was not on a watch list. what...
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obviously russia has the better read on some of the jihadi and extremist organizations in chechnya. i think they in fact will have some meaningful information and that they are willing to share that with our liaison intelligence services and specifically the fbi. ironically i still work on a russian organized crime cases in the 1990's. it was very difficult to get information from the russians. every once in awhile to will flood the system with information. they have a signal to noise challenge. it was that you cannot make heads or tails out of the information that was actually being shared. i do think there is a unique opportunity here and i hope that the russians live up to their partnership here. i do think time will tell. howthis is a unique opportunity. host: we are taking your calls and comments in this segment. if you want to talk to frank cilluffo, currently he is the director of the hamas security --icy institute at george the homeland security policy institute at george washington university. the numbers are on the screen now. we wanted to get to the headline from "nationa
obviously russia has the better read on some of the jihadi and extremist organizations in chechnya. i think they in fact will have some meaningful information and that they are willing to share that with our liaison intelligence services and specifically the fbi. ironically i still work on a russian organized crime cases in the 1990's. it was very difficult to get information from the russians. every once in awhile to will flood the system with information. they have a signal to noise...
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guest: i'm not suggesting this was a terrorist incident initiated by groups in chechnya. they use violence for an instrumental purpose and they use propaganda for an terroristtal purpose. organizations are also media organizations. they may want to distance themselves from these two boys because they know it's not in their best interest. that would work against them if united states started to look at that as a region of interest akin to yemen, somalia, afghanistan, pakistan. whether or not that's factually accurate, i don't know. it's not unusual for organizations to think instrumentally about this violence and use it when it's useful for them and distance themselves from it when it's not. that being said, there are groups in the caucuses that have an anti-american bent, anti- semitic bent as well as anti- russian bent. their concern is autonomy. there are actors within that environment. for them, had this been directly tied to have these two individuals been directly tied to those groups, i would be surprised if they didn't want to claim it. there are anti-american in a
guest: i'm not suggesting this was a terrorist incident initiated by groups in chechnya. they use violence for an instrumental purpose and they use propaganda for an terroristtal purpose. organizations are also media organizations. they may want to distance themselves from these two boys because they know it's not in their best interest. that would work against them if united states started to look at that as a region of interest akin to yemen, somalia, afghanistan, pakistan. whether or not...
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reportedilots have that two individuals responsible for the bombings were immigrants from chechnya. before they became the focus o the investigation, authorities questioned a saudi student who was on a terrorist watch list. i trust you'll probably respond given the impact this could have on the immigration debate. was hewatch list >> he was not. this student was in the wrong place at the wrong time. a was never a subject or person of interest. was bnterewed i w put on a watch list and then when it was determined he had nothing to do with the bombing, the status was removed. olderh regard to the brother, was your department aware of his travels to russia? >> in 2012? not, the reason. yes. the system pinged when he was a leading the united states. the time he returned matter had been closed. >> is it true that his identity documents did not match his airline ticket? >> there was a mismatch. the bill will help with this. it requires that passports be electronically readable as opposed to being manually input. it gets human error out of the process. there are redundancies. the system di
reportedilots have that two individuals responsible for the bombings were immigrants from chechnya. before they became the focus o the investigation, authorities questioned a saudi student who was on a terrorist watch list. i trust you'll probably respond given the impact this could have on the immigration debate. was hewatch list >> he was not. this student was in the wrong place at the wrong time. a was never a subject or person of interest. was bnterewed i w put on a watch list and...
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cemeteries in several states and family's ancestral home of chechnya had all refused to accept his remains. his body had been kept at a funeral home in massachusetts. police say, an anonymous person stepped forward to help and tsarnaev was buried yesterday in an unknown gravesite. >>> daring rescue from the top of a high rise building in l.a. two window washers were trapped outside the 26 floor of a 27-floor tower. the fire department's urban search-and-rescue team rappelled down to them and hoisted the men up to the roof. word is there was a kink in the cables that disabled the scaffolding. the two men were unharmed. >>> now to new york -- one world trade center will officially become 1776 feet tall today. crews will finish installing the spire at the top of what is known as the freedom tower. it makes it the tallest building in the united states and third tallest building in the world. the spire was lifted into place last week. the building opens for tenants next year. >> that is exciting. >>> minnesota one step closer to becoming the next state to legalize gay marriage. the state senate
cemeteries in several states and family's ancestral home of chechnya had all refused to accept his remains. his body had been kept at a funeral home in massachusetts. police say, an anonymous person stepped forward to help and tsarnaev was buried yesterday in an unknown gravesite. >>> daring rescue from the top of a high rise building in l.a. two window washers were trapped outside the 26 floor of a 27-floor tower. the fire department's urban search-and-rescue team rappelled down to...
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putin wants to see is those chemical weapons getting loose and showing up in chechnya or other places. i do not want to overstate this. there is enough overlapping interest for us to work with russia. it has to be verified every step of the way. i think we work towards these common interests. we verify every step of the way. i think we can make a difference. with regard to chemical weapons we should demand that the warring factions have a seat at the table and we getting brokered settlement. host: this on twitter. guest: what i am saying is -- i assess the situation in syria, looking at it from where we are today and what our options are. if we strike the country, we will change the international calculus. it is in russia's interest to begin to work with us. if we bomb the country, they may back off and say, "you have broken it and it is yours." it weakens us from the standpoint of bringing together the international nations to bring about a peaceful solution. not to mention the thing on the chemical weapons. looking at all of our potential courses of action, we have a less likelihood
putin wants to see is those chemical weapons getting loose and showing up in chechnya or other places. i do not want to overstate this. there is enough overlapping interest for us to work with russia. it has to be verified every step of the way. i think we work towards these common interests. we verify every step of the way. i think we can make a difference. with regard to chemical weapons we should demand that the warring factions have a seat at the table and we getting brokered settlement....
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it works in surrey lanka in putting down the tam ill tigers, it more or less worked for russia and chechnya because the world's attention was not focused on what was happening there. but look at what happened in libya. gadhafi was trying to put down a rebellion in his inimitable style, and there's no doubt in my mind that 100 years ago he would have succeeded. he did not this time because all these international organizations focused on what he was doing. and is before he could come in and torch benghazi and kill all the rebels, we and our nato allies intervened to stop that. now, in the case of syria we have not intervened, but certainly other outside powers have. and the rebels have been able to get support, for example, from the gulf states which keeps them there being simply swept off the board. bashar assad if turn gets support -- in turn gets support from iran. so at the moment the war has stalemated because both sides have some degree of support, but it's not overwhelming. assad is very unpopular, be but the insurgents have not pushed him out all the way. but assad, and this goes bac
it works in surrey lanka in putting down the tam ill tigers, it more or less worked for russia and chechnya because the world's attention was not focused on what was happening there. but look at what happened in libya. gadhafi was trying to put down a rebellion in his inimitable style, and there's no doubt in my mind that 100 years ago he would have succeeded. he did not this time because all these international organizations focused on what he was doing. and is before he could come in and...
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i think when you've got applications for a asylum from a place like chechnya, well-known at the time that the family came on the country, well known for recruiting ground for al-qaeda and radical islamists it should have been extra special check before granting political asylum to the people to see if they had ties. i reject they were radicalized in this country. >> could the flag have been redder in this case? >> the f.b.i. does get thousands of tips. you vo v to hand it to them a little bit. tab mother was on the terrorist watch list months ago. >> clayton: the f.b.i. went through and ran these individuals. then said no. they don't check out. >> you remember after 9/11. 16,000, 17,000 different intelligence agencies in the country. let's put them all -- they are not talking to each other. so let's put them all together under d.h.s. we can relax a little bit. >> we now know from the russian authorities in the news, the russian authorities had come to the c.i.a. first to notify them of the individuals, said we worry about them radicalized coming back and fomenting violence in our cou
i think when you've got applications for a asylum from a place like chechnya, well-known at the time that the family came on the country, well known for recruiting ground for al-qaeda and radical islamists it should have been extra special check before granting political asylum to the people to see if they had ties. i reject they were radicalized in this country. >> could the flag have been redder in this case? >> the f.b.i. does get thousands of tips. you vo v to hand it to them a...
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. >> inis your generalities in chechnya previously threatened to disrupt the olympics. >> a former russian tycoon will be heading to switzerland. he will granted a three months visa allowing him to see his wife and children. he was parted by russian president vladimir putin last week. once russia's richest man, he was imprisoned 10 years ago on fraud and tax evasion charges, he insists his conviction was politically motivated. >> 70 journalists were killed on the job this year. two thirds of those died covering stories in the middle east, syria, egypt and iraq have been the deadliest countries for reporters. 29 died in syria including journalists documenting the war in their home cities. ten were killed in iraq and six died reporting in egypt this year. for the first time in a decade, no journalists were killed in mexico. >> aljazeera is demanding the release of journalists arrested in egypt. correspondents producers and cameraman are in custody in cairo, accused of broadcasting news that harms domestic security and interviewing members of the muslim brotherhood. all of experienced journal
. >> inis your generalities in chechnya previously threatened to disrupt the olympics. >> a former russian tycoon will be heading to switzerland. he will granted a three months visa allowing him to see his wife and children. he was parted by russian president vladimir putin last week. once russia's richest man, he was imprisoned 10 years ago on fraud and tax evasion charges, he insists his conviction was politically motivated. >> 70 journalists were killed on the job this...
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outlets have reported that two individuals responsible for the tragic bombings were immigrants from chechnya. before the brothers came -- before the brothers became the focus of the investigation, authorities questioned a saudi student who reportedly was on a terrorist watch list. i sent a letter to you this morning asking for answers to questions about the bombers and how they interacted with your agency. i trust that you would promptly respond, given the impact that this could have on the immigration debate. questions, with regard to the saudi student, was he on a watch list and if so, how did he obtain a student visa? >> he was not on a watch list. what happened is this student was -- really, when you back it out, he's in the wrong place at the wrong time. he was never a subject, he was never even really a person of interest. because he was being interviewed, he was at that point put on a watch list and then when it was quickly determined he had nothing to do with the bombing, the watch listing status was removed. >> ok. in regard to the older brother two of the people, was your departmen
outlets have reported that two individuals responsible for the tragic bombings were immigrants from chechnya. before the brothers came -- before the brothers became the focus of the investigation, authorities questioned a saudi student who reportedly was on a terrorist watch list. i sent a letter to you this morning asking for answers to questions about the bombers and how they interacted with your agency. i trust that you would promptly respond, given the impact that this could have on the...
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them being radicalized in the united states, going through some sort of process and coming back to chechnya, coming back to russia and fomenting some sort of violence back home. that's why russian authorities were relaying this information to the c.i.a. and the f.b.i. however, the f.b.i. found no ties at all to terrorism. they investigated the family, didn't find anything compelling about this. you should be reminded, when somebody says the terrorist watch list -- and i wasn't aware of how vast this thing is -- it includes hundreds of thousands of individuals. and so how can someone get on that airplane? how can someone fly when you're on this list? it is a massive net. >>mike: i think we should be tracking bad people, no question about it. but were these two boys radicalized? were they radicalized in came bridge or maybe it was russia. maybe they were radicalized in their own home by their mother. >>clayton: if you listen to her -- she's in denial. in a press conference in russia, listen to this the other day when she's talking about her sons. she sounds unhinged. listen. >> [inaudible] my
them being radicalized in the united states, going through some sort of process and coming back to chechnya, coming back to russia and fomenting some sort of violence back home. that's why russian authorities were relaying this information to the c.i.a. and the f.b.i. however, the f.b.i. found no ties at all to terrorism. they investigated the family, didn't find anything compelling about this. you should be reminded, when somebody says the terrorist watch list -- and i wasn't aware of how vast...
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the older brother went back to this part of chechnya a hot bed of extremismism. terrorist attack and, in fact there was a terrorist bombing perpetrated by 16-year-old and 19-year-old. city was on lockdown. can you speculate this was a copycat on some level something he learned while in dagestan. >> clayton: further this morning we are learning more about the scrutiny given to these student visas. this has made headlines. one the friends of tamerlan and dzhokhar had an inspired visa revoked in january. he then assisted in dumping backpacks and other such things allegedly into landfills. why was this person allowed back into the united states? well, this morning we are learning the homeland security department has ordered border agents to now effective immediately verify all student visas that are currently outstanding in the united states. that was a laugh. this is being done, of course, after it's already in some sense too late. people killed in boston. this already happened. why does it take a terror attack like this to remind us that we should check to see if v
the older brother went back to this part of chechnya a hot bed of extremismism. terrorist attack and, in fact there was a terrorist bombing perpetrated by 16-year-old and 19-year-old. city was on lockdown. can you speculate this was a copycat on some level something he learned while in dagestan. >> clayton: further this morning we are learning more about the scrutiny given to these student visas. this has made headlines. one the friends of tamerlan and dzhokhar had an inspired visa...
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host: ast: on c-span3 this morning, hearing on extremism in chechnya. we will carry that live starting at numeral 10:30 on c-span3. there is information about that. newer, new jersey -- sorry, new york. democrats line. caller: you guys make it hard every time someone talks and wants to ask another question. you are on the judicial committee, and you use the word letting illegals become citizens. if you are a republican and against that, you would never vote for a republican. these people are never going to be allowed to vote. so you have millions of people coming in you will make legal after they came into this country illegally. i don't know both we understand what the word "illegally" means anymore. apple today inc. -- in commerce are more worried about their party then about the american people. that is how i see it. i used to be a supervisor and i was in judicial so the word " illegal" to me meant breaking the law. almost all people agree with that. i cannot wait to hear your answer. , first of all, you are right, there is too much concern over how
host: ast: on c-span3 this morning, hearing on extremism in chechnya. we will carry that live starting at numeral 10:30 on c-span3. there is information about that. newer, new jersey -- sorry, new york. democrats line. caller: you guys make it hard every time someone talks and wants to ask another question. you are on the judicial committee, and you use the word letting illegals become citizens. if you are a republican and against that, you would never vote for a republican. these people are...
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. , a house hearing on islamic extremism in chechnya. during a white house photo op 's kingorgian -- jordan abdullah, president obama discussed the civil war and other issues pretty searing government has used chemical weapons in the two-year civil war prepress and obama called the findings game changer. he said the investigation continues. this is about 10 minutes.
. , a house hearing on islamic extremism in chechnya. during a white house photo op 's kingorgian -- jordan abdullah, president obama discussed the civil war and other issues pretty searing government has used chemical weapons in the two-year civil war prepress and obama called the findings game changer. he said the investigation continues. this is about 10 minutes.